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First explorer to find the Americas. Kept journals and letters. His journals gave a small glimpse of what his major journeys were like.
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La Relacion was a report by Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca. He made a strong story of his 8 years of explorations through Florida, Texas, and Mexico. He talked abou the people he encountered on his adventures and gave people different insights.
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Most influential colonial writings were compiled to make A Brief and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia by Thomas Harriot. Formed first clear picture of North America.
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First permanent colony was established. It was the start of colonial life for England. It began with Virginia Company. Settlers had hard lives until they found out how to farm. Their first cash crop was Tobacco.
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John Smith published how Virgina started off as a colony. How it suffered at first and the encounters with the Native Americans.
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"we must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us." He wrote this about the Puritan's who held themselves as role models for all Christian people.
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The Bay Psalm Book was the first book published where the Bible's psalms that were rewritten to the rythms of Puritan hymns.
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First work by a woman in North America to get published. Written by Anne Bradstreet. Her poems reflect her learning, faith love of family, and a colonial womans view.
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Native Americans had forms of oral literature that are rich. they had creation stories, of how the universe and humans came to be. They had legandary histories tracing migration, leaders, deeds, fairytales, lyrics, chants, children's songs, healing songs, and dream visions.
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People began to question the government. People gave their government consent to limitations for the governments, for the governments protection of their basic rights and liberties. Benjamin Franklin did many political writings. Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Pain, and Thomas Jefferson shaped the American Enlightment.
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Johnathon Edwards united colonists that were diverse. Let children, whose parents were under the Puritan Church that weren't converted yet, get baptised.
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France allied with Indians to drive the English out of North America. The English eventually allied with Indians too, who then drove the French and its Indians out of North America.
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the most important for political writing. 2000 pamphlets were published during this time period. This became fuel for revolution.
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Colonies declared themselves free and independent from British. Wrote by Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson.
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The United States of America came into existence. We became an independent country from Britian.
